DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/12 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 71.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - -14 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2029 - - 1766 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1503 - - 921 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2918 - - 2655 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3873 - - 3468 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 238 - - 139 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 27 - - 24 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 209 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -399 - - 31 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3318 - - 2624 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2160 - - -1727 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5078 - - 4382 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 95 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 820 - - 1000 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 71.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.0 - - 63.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.4 - - 72.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.8 - - 62.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - -14 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2029 - - 1766 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 53 - - 80 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96541 34 260 42 264 96541 89290 40 272 37 269 89290 83753 47 277 44 279 83753 79186 47 271 51 285 79186 75258 46 271 45 281 75258 71778 43 275 38 278 71778 68621 40 279 39 288 68621 65707 44 285 46 283 65707 62999 49 280 45 274 62999 60362 43 279 41 276 60362 57588 46 277 45 275 57588 54711 50 273 53 269 54711 51974 56 272 56 264 51974 49508 60 262 62 258 49508 47306 57 256 57 248 47306 45334 53 267 55 262 45334 43553 74 270 79 259 43553 41929 91 258 89 253 41929 40425 83 251 86 248 40425 39003 79 250 79 241 39003 37653 72 250 73 238 37653 36341 65 249 66 239 36341 35001 60 252 60 241 35001 33605 59 249 55 244 33605 32156 57 245 52 246 32156 30638 49 246 51 248 30638 29038 40 243 50 249 29038 27357 35 242 47 252 27357 25598 35 244 39 256 25598 23768 35 244 37 261 23768 21871 42 245 50 251 21871 19901 47 246 48 234 19901 17855 48 245 48 224 17855 15771 40 238 44 227 15771 13760 41 225 43 229 13760 11932 43 218 47 227 11932 10309 46 213 47 220 10309 8866 46 212 46 216 8866 7582 44 218 46 218 7582 6439 44 225 46 217 6439 5426 45 228 43 213 5426 4532 44 226 41 212 4532 3742 42 223 37 211 3742 3034 38*218 33*210 3034 2407 33*214 30*210 2407 1883 29 212 27 209 1883 1480 27 211 24 209 1480 1203 25 210 22 209 1203 1034 22 210 19 209 1034 938 17 210 14 208 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography